For about half of its working residents, Minatare is a commute to Scottsbluff
Hardly any work in Minatare itself; outside it, Scottsbluff draws the most (45%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 11% across Nebraska. A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes, next to 19 for Nebraska and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Minatare apart on work
Nearly half of Minatare works in Scottsbluff
121 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Scottsbluff, 9.2 miles away. That’s 45 times as many as work in Minatare itself. The commute map ↓
Minatare is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Minatare, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Minatare has about 490 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Minatare residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 268 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Minatare to work: where people go
Where Minatare clocks in
45% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The workday shuffle in and out of Minatare
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Minatare on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Minatare
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Minatare is a services town
61 jobs are based in Minatare.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minatare, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 61. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minatare’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Minatare: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minatare workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 244 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Minatare: questions
What is the median household income in Minatare?
$38,125 (±$22,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minatare?
23.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minatare?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minatare work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Minatare without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minatare, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minatare
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.